1. | [u] (经济的)紧缩;严格节制消费a situation when people do not have much money to spend because there are bad economic conditions |
War was followed by many years of austerity. 紧随战争的是多年的经济紧缩。 |
2. | [u] 苦行;禁欲the quality of being austere |
the austerity of the monks' life 僧侣的禁欲生活 |
3. | [c][usupl] 艰苦;朴素something that is part of an austere way of life |
the austerities of wartime Europe 战时欧洲的艰苦生活 |